When can you call yourself a bodybuilder?

[someguy]

Now, I've been thinking (it happens from time to time), when can you call yourself a bodybuilder...Is it how long you been training or how big you are....

I think it is how big you are, I don't consider myself a bodybuilder.....I think you got to be at least 220LB..at 6. feet...ofcourse it depens on how tall a person is...

What do you guys think??

- Someguy

 

[joeljuice]

Imo you are bodybuilder when you start to eat and train=build up your body. The size has nothing to do with it.

 

[basskiller]

Take a look at the word and break it down....
Body builder

I think when you totally commit yourself to making your body the very best that it can be...... so I'd say training not size...

Because with training will come the size or definition.

 

[Wrongun]

you can call yourself a bodybuilder when ever you want. If it is true or not is another question but i would agree with basskiller

 

[Zyglamail]

Well, I dunno. Im 5'11" and 250lbs....a little pudgy though from my layoff, prolly 18% now and I dont know if I have ever or ever will consider myself a bodybuilder and definatly not a powerlifter, I am just an average joe who likes the feeling of a good workout

 

[ragin']

damn, zyg.. 5'11'' 250??? you're a thick mf!

 

[littlearnold1069]

i have been calling myself a bodybuilder since i started working out religously and eating like i am suppossed to...even though i have lost a lot of size since my surgery...was 6'1" 240 lbs....now am 6'1" 200 lbs...i still consider myself a bodybuilder

 

[biaggi]

IMO.....Wrongun is right, you can call yourself a bodybuilder whenever you like. It's when others start ASKING if you're a bodybuilder that you know you've arrived.

biaggi

 

[Beezers]

Bodybuilder is a lifestyle. It's a mind set. You live to build your body. To do this you eat, train, and rest accordingly. You make sacrifices most would never dream of in order to better your physique and mentality. You don't just lift weights. You lift with a purpose and with a pasion unmatched by an average human. You put your mind to achieving an unatainable goal...Perfection. You don't see muscles, you see sculpture. You don't lift to fluff your ego with big poundages. You lift to sculpt a masterpiece. You don't do it for any one else...You do it for you...Because it's who you are.

 

[poohbear]

When you utilize all aspects of producing a better body. That includes resistance training, cardio, stretching, eating properly and whatever you can think of associated with fitness (i.e. use of proper form and technique).

Ciao